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THREE MEN HELD
For the Murder of R. T. Westcott
in Columbia.
TWO ARE NOW IN JAIL
Jim Gardner, Jr., and J. B. Hoy
Charged With the Crime and T.I
C. Jones Wanted as a Witness.
The Authorities Determined to
Run Down the Guilty Parties If
Possible.
The State says Jim Gardner, Jr.,
and J. B. Hoy are in the Richland
jail as the result of the inquest into
the cause of the death of R. T. Wes
cott. and the coroner's jury has rec
ommended the arrest of T. C. Jones.
who is said to know something of the
matter. Gardner was arr'ested the
afternoon of the murder and has
been in jail ever since.
Hoy was arrested last Friday night
week after an adjourned session of
the coroner's inquest, and was re
leased Wednesday of this week, but I
was rearrested Thursday night. He <
was with Gardner the night preceed- i
ing the killing of Mr. Wescott.
Tom Jones' connection with the
matter is that he has declared that
he has information which would im
plicate some one. He made this
statement to Mr. Jesse Thomas, the
father-in-law of Mr. Wescott, and
the jury had the information the
night of the homicide, it having been
conveyed to them privately. But Tom '
Jones has been seen only once since
that time. ]
Mr. Thomas' statement to the jury I
was that Tom C. Jones had come to
him the afternoon of the homicide
and had stated that if inducements
in the form of rewards should be of
fered he would give information
which would incriminate some peo
ple. That is all that is known of Tom
J6nes' connection with it, but the of
ficers are very anxious to get him
and find out what he knows. Coroner
Walker stated Thursday night that
he has an idea where Jones is and
that he may get hold of him Friday.
The inquest convened Thursday
night at 6:30. This was the third sit
ting. After having heard the testi
mony of several witnesses the jury
deliberated about an nour and
brought in the following verdict;
"That R. T. Wescott came to his
death by gunshot wound at the hand
of party or parties unknown to the
jury at this time. We, the jury, re
commend that Jim Gardner, Jr., J.
B. Hoy and T. C. Jones be held for
further investigation.
"George A. Burns, H. E. Watts,
C. L. Slizh, H. L. Creighton, R. L.
Murrell, G. M. Miller, F. C. Grigsby,
P. M. Malone, W. S. Brown, W. F.
Stieglitz, T. I. Harris,- J. D. Pop
well."
The coroner's jury also recom
mended that the grand jury be ap
prized of the conditions in this coun
ty with the view of getting mounted
rural polie. This very interesting
action was expressed in the follow
ing language:
"We, the jury empanelled by the
coroner to investigate the death of
R. T. Wescott, after rendering our
verdict do resolve:
"That the coroner be and is here
by requested to appear before the
next grand jury to Richland county
and give an account of the murders
recently committed in our suburbs.
"That he express to the grand jury
and desire that they carefully consid
er the pressing needs of a mounted
county police service and make such*
recommendations as will promote the
inauguration of such police protec
tion.
"George A. Bruns, foreman; H.
E. Watts, C. L. Sligh, R. L. Murrell,
P. M. Malone, F. S. Grigsby, H. L.
Creighton. G. M. Miller, W. S.
Brown, T. S. Harris, J. D. Popwell.''
At the inquest several interesting
things were brought out. Coroner
Walker so handled the case that Hoy
was confused and contradicted him
self. He was very much worked up
over this and was quiite unruly at one
time.
It will be remembered that Mr. R.
T. Wescott, a butcher who had a shp
on Taylor street and lived in Waver
ley, was found dead by the school
house in Waverley on the morning
of May 2. By his side was found a
32-callibre revolver with two empty
chambers and the suicide theory was
at first indulged by some. But later
developments indicated foul play.
While the bullet which produced
death was a 32ecalibre, yet the wound
was such that it was wellnigh impos
sible for Mr. Westcott, a man with
one hand, to have inflicted it.
The homicide occurred about 5 a.
m. That afternoon Jim Gardner, a
rather notorious young man of Wa-i
verley, was arrested on suspicion. He
had been seen hanging around the~
Shandon dancing pavilion until about
2 a. m. or later, and he was again
there about 7 a. m. and knew all of
the particulars of the homicide
which had been discovered an hour
or two before.
His own contradictory statements
about his acquaintance with the de
ceased and his knowledge that Wes
cott was dead caused his detention
on suspicion. I
J. B. Hoy was arrested on suspic
ion also. He and Gardner were very
thick. They had tried to "hold up''
ex-Magistrate E. A. Larick once, and
when they saw that their identity
was known they passed it off as a!
joke. Likewise they held up a boy
named Shull in Waverley one night,!
and when he called their names they
attain passed this off as "just for
fun." Hoy and Gardner were re
le A to have been seen together oni
Hj*ie <treet the night before the
homici 4. ,
So far n direct evidence has been I
produced. but the conduct of the two li
men has excited suspicion.
Thursday night Coroner Walker i t
introduced a witness, W. F. Cartar,!a
who conducts a store at the corner t
of Gervais and Heidt streets. He 1
swore that between 8 and 9 o'clock
the morning of the homicide a youngf
man came to him to borrow a nicklec
with which to get up town to collect,
some money. The man was Hoy, for r
Carter, after remonstrating with the il
young man for not working, loaned e
him the 5 cents and wrote Hoy's o
name-on the wall.
H{e contends that about an hour d
later Hoy came back, repaid the loan, a
went to the back of the store and t
WILL BE HIGH.
"otton May Go to Twenty Cents
Per Pound.
rhe Spinners in America Are Short
And a Cotton Famine Stares Them
In the Face.
Cotton seems to be getting very
;carce and hard to get in the South.
the Florence Times says the cotton
nen all tell the farmers to refrain
Erom selling their cotton, all admit
[lfteen cents cotton and some expect
to see the staple bring as high as
twenty cents. There is no cotton in
the country and a famine faces the
American milis. The English mills
got the best of the American mills
this season to pay them for having
tricked them two or three times in
the past and they did their American
ousins up to a brown finish.
The European spinners sent a com
rnittee over here and that committee
went over the country in company
with the officers of the Southern
'otton association, made a tour of
nspection of the cotton belt. The
kmerican spinners took the reports
f the government and the estimate
>f Mr. Hester of New Orleans and
thers and they looked wise and let
;he European have the cotton.
Liverpool quotati6ns stuck steadi
y above New York in spite of the
mammering of the American bears
md the cotton went in a steady
stream to Europe. Now the cotton
s gone from the fields, gone from the
warehouses, gone from everywhere
md the spinners of this country are
rying for cotton and it is not to be
ad.
The planters of Louisiana have
planted four times and they say they
aave no crop yet. Frost and flood
,ave played havoc with them. The
lississippi men have planted three
times and no crop yet, and the coun
try under flood. Cotton seed is run
ning short. In Texas the farmers
are paying any price for planting
seed.
Cotton seed is selling in open mar
ket for $65 a ton and it is mighty
scarce. The farmers all over the
country have run out of seed and the
crushers have not the seed to sell
them back. They bought all they
could, sweeping the farmer's floors
and are still tnirty percent behind
last year. In Texas the boll weevil
coming earlier than ever is destroy
ing the young plants.
Cotton, if it is good staple, can be
sold today at the owner's own price.
Even bad cotton will bring good
prices, the spinners want anything
and they confess it. They let the
cotton go in their efforts to beat the
price down below that fixed by the
association and they have lost.
The association is stronger today
than it has ever been and its future
was never so bright. There is every
reason today why the farmer, every
farmer, should stand by the associa
tion and win his independence in this
one year of grace. It will most like
ly be done. The farmer controls the
situation and if he does not throw;
away his opportunity he just cannot
help winning.
A lot of cotton was sold by the
very wise ones, who know better than
the united wisdom of the whole as
sociation for nine and a fraction, fu
ture delivery this fall, and every ef
fort is going to be made to force
these sellers to deliver that cotton.
It is going to be a most interesting
situation. This, considered in con
nection with the recent fight or
bucket shops and gambling in cottor
is going to make a pretty state of af
fairs when the buyers of the con
tracts begin to squeeze.
THE Washington Post thinks thai
-Michigan man who is accused of hav
ing seventeen wives must have been
determined to have his buttons sew
ed on if he went to jail for it.
matter of the killing of Mr. Wes
cott. Witness' testimony on this point
"He went in and took his drink~
and came back out, and I mentioned
something of the tragedy and I no
ticed he seemed somewhat affected,
a change in his complexion at the
mention of it, and there was no con
versation after that between us. and
he soon left and went on."
Hoy had been kept in ignorance of
Carter's presence and testimony.
When brought into the room where
the inquest was held, Hoy denied
that he knew W. F. Carter, denied
having borrowed the 5 cents and de
nied that he came into Columbia be
fore 11:30 in the morning, and swore
positively that he did not take the
er that morning.
Carter was brought in and con
fronted Hoy, identifying him at
once. Hoy then admitted that he had
borrowed the nickle but declared
that it had been in the afternoon.
Hoy gave a rather indistinct ac
count of his movements in Columbia,
but it was brought out that he pawn
ed a pair of shoes to Goldstein for
$1, got a quart of X liquor for 60
cents and then went home. He could
prove by Steve Gardner that it was
5:30 in the afternoon. He claimed to
have the pawn ticket at home. He
said that he and Jim Gardner had
bought a quart of whiskey in the
morning and he had bought this oth
er in the afternoon.
The coroner asked: "Did you buy
whiskey twice that day?"
A. It was three times, I think, two
or three times.
Q. Do you usually buy it that wvay
every day? A. No. sir.
Q. Seemed to be worried that day?
A. Had nothing to worry me.
Q. You and Gardner didnt usual
ly come up that many times a day
and drink, did you? A. No.
The other witnesses examined
'hursday night threw no light on
he subject except that a negro wo
nan named Scylla Moore testified
:hat very early the morning of the
iomicide she saw a man at the Shan
Ion pavilion and when he saw her
md another woman approaching he
urned his back. She could dot iden
ify him.
A young man named Montz testi
ied that Jim Gardner had had a 32
alibre nistol.
Coroner Walker stated Thursday.
ight that he will urge Gov. Ansel to
crease the amount of reward offer-,
d from S100 to $250. The city has
ffered $250,
When Hoy was rearrested Thurs
ay night by Constable A. P. ~Rich
rdson of Waverley, he was disposed
>be quite resentful at first, but was
MANY FLAGS
Followed by Major-General HenryH
Ronald Douglas McIver.
A ROMANTIC CAREER.
A Soldier of Fortune Who Fought
For Eigiteel Countries Died Last
Week in NewYork. He Had Many
Adventures, One of Which Was
the Killing of Major Tonlin, of
Vicksburg.
Maj. Gen. Henry Ronald Douglas
Maclver, of the Servian army, major
in the Confederate States army, and t
t
with rank varying from the highest I
to the lowest under eighteen flags, 7
who died in a lodging house in New 1
York last week; was facing grim pov- I
erty when he went to his rest. His i
battle-scarred body was found by his c
landlady, Mrs. Mabel Campbell, who
forced the door open after raping on I
it in vain,
The general had been heard mov
ing about his room in the early morn
ing. The night before he had com
plained of feeling cold and Mrs. I
Campbell had sent him a drink of
whiskey, and later a cup of tea. A f
fellow-lodger went to his room at
midmght, and asked him if he need- c
ed anything.
"I thank you, sir," the general re- E
plied. "I need nothing." The police I
of the Twentieth street station, tak- I
ing an inventory of his belongings,
wrote it down that the soldier of for
tune, the warrior who had fought
under eighteen flags for the mere
love of fighting, had 46 cents in cash
and his clothing. If the general has
tened his end, it was done so careful- '
ly that no one suspected it. "Appar- I
ently natural death" was recorded
on the blotter at the station. -
Mrs. Campbell said that her lodger 1
was ready to start for Washington
several days before his death, but re
ceived a letter which kept him in
New York. Gen. Maclver was sixty
one years old, but showed few signs
of his age.
He was waiting for Richard Hard
ing Davis, who has written so much
about his fighting career," said Mrs.
Campbell. He was expecting Mr.
Davis in a few days, and told me
about it. We all know that the old
gentleman was a great soldier. He
looked it."
Gen. MacIver's scant belongings
consisted of uniforms, his well-car
ed-for street clothes and a trunk full
of papers telling of his life of adven
ture.
The general was born on Christ
mas day. 1864, in Hampton Roads,
Va., aboard a ship seeking a harbor.
His father was Ronald MacIver, a
Scotchman. The son went to Italy
and fought under Garibaldi. He serv
ed in the Ten Years' war in Cuba, in
Crete, in Greece; twice in the Carlist
revolutions in Spaini, in Bosnia. He
returned to Virginia, when war on a
gigantic scale was framing. His
sword was offered to Gen. Robert E.
Lee and was accepted. He fought
with Stuart and Stonewall Jackson,
and was four times wounded during
the great conflict.
At the close of the war there was
much dueling between the officers of
the two armies. Maclver was in one
of these affairs outside of Vicksburg.
His combatant was Maj. Tomlin, of
the Vermont United States artillery
volunteers. They fought with
swords, Maclver running his oppon
ent through the body and cleaning
his blade with his handkerchief.
"He is dead; we must go." called
one of Maclver's seconds.
A negro brought up the horses of
Maclver and his seconds.
"Mv friends are in haste." said
Maclver, turning to the seconds of
the man he had slain. "Is there any
thing I can do? I hope that you con
sider this matter settled honorably."
Then he mounted and rode away.
After the civil war MacIver, with
other Southern officers, went to Mex
co. He fought under Maximilian
there. When the fighting was over
he went to Egypt and then to France;1
everywhere that cannon were hot
and the caravans of war were plow-1
ing up the roads Maclver was to be
found.
Maclver was appointed United
States consul at Dania, Spain. The
man he was to succeed declined toI
get out, and the soldier of fortune<
immediately suggested that they go
to the outskirts of the city and set
tle the matter with pistols or swords.
Stephen BonsaI, the present corres
nondent of the New York Times in
St. Petersburg, who was then the
charge d'affairs at Madrid. was sent
to adjust matters. He adjusted the
matter and Mclver was installed
without bloodshed.
The daring of Maclver was best
exemplified, perhaps, when he took t
part in the Cretan struggle against 1
the Turks. He was received more
than gladly by the Cretans, who gave
him "full power ty make war on
land and sea against the enemies of ~
Crete, and particulary against the
Sultan of Turkey and the Turkish
forces, and to burn, destroy or cap--.
ture any vessel bearing the Turkisht
flag'' After getting through this ~
proposition alive he went to Athens, ~
and later put in a few months trying ~
to exterminate the Grecian brigands, ~
fighting in the mountains and doing E
so well at it that he was given the a
highest decoration that the king of f
Greece could confer upon him.
It was in Servia that Maclver at
tained his highest rank as an officer. f
He received a commission from the t
prince of Servia to organize an in- I
dependent cavalry brigade. He left C
Fleet street, London. for Belgrade, b
and got busy gathering men who lov- a
ed fighting. THe got the right men 11
and trained them wvell, commanding
a legion of a thousand cavalrymen 9
of Ruso-Servians against the Turks. t1
He received the cross of the Takovo n
order for gallant service, and was"
made major general in command of .
all of the cavalry of the Servians. '
The decoration was given him on the
eve of battle. g
If Maelver wa nothing else, he o:
was picturesque--always. He lent a t4
olor to his surroundings, whether r~
they were the coridors and vestibule d
of the Hoffman house, where he had h
been a character for years, or wheth- D
er they were the table d'hote holes- ti
in the-wall on the lower West Side, li
,here all the patrons affect to be fa
persons with mysterious missions or rr
with pasts. 1
Maclve hael fogt as an offier ti
MHO WILL IT BE?I
T
he Political Pot Begins to Sim
mer Over the Country c
g
9
OME BOOMS HEARD
C
t]
nd Favorite Sons Figure in Several d
Minor Skirmishes. The Peerless p
Bryan is Acknowledged to be the tl
Standard Bearer of the Jefferson- G
ian Democrats and Will Win the
Race. n
Political activitives are engaging n
he attention of millions of people t'
hrougout the United States at the a
iresent time. The question of who t
ill be the candidates for the Pres
:ency put forth by the two great
4olitical parties is most engrossing.
n several states hot battles are be- 1
g waged by the adherents of "fav
rite sons." In Ohio, the modern
-center of President making,'" a
>attle royal has been fought recent
y by the Foraker and Taft interests
nd the backers of the Secretary of
Var have come out victorious. e
In other words, when the National
Zepublican convention meets, there
vill be a solid Ohio delegation in
avor of nominating Secretary Taft
or the Presidency. He is the "fav
4rite son?' of the Buckeye state to
11 intents and purposes at the pres
,nt time. While Secretary Taft has
ot announced his candidacy abso
utely, it is undersood that he will
lo so early in June in a speech he is
bout to make supporting the poli
ies of goverment of Theodore Roose
relt and favoring their continuance
or four years more.
In making that speech Secretary
aft will outline the platform
he Republican party will adopt,
loubtless, at the convention.. It
nust not be thought, howe rer,
hat Ohio will rule the convention,
,imply because it has come out in
;upport for Taft, instead of indorS
ng Foraker,a re-actionary, for there
re many other candidates in the
d for Presidential honors. 1
There are Fairbanks, who has al
ready been assured the support of
[ndiana in the convention; Hughes,
f New York, whose little boom
started by former Gov. Odell, was
iot heard far: Elihu Root, who
would like to be President, but who
will have to work hard to get the
backing of New York state, and Sen
tor Knox whose Presidential boom
as not been heard of since it was
aunched by Pennslyvanians in Wash
ington a couple of months ago. All
these men are possibilities, and
strong ones, too, for they are all men
of marked ability in Executive work.
BOOMS SOMEWHAT RESTRICTED.
Thewell defined political move
ments in favor of certain possible
candidates are not general. The
aft boom has no root in New York
state: the Root movement has -no
tendril in Ohio: the Fairbanks boom
has ventured into several states, but
it has had the effect of lowering the
political temperature considerably;
the Hughes stir had a short gasp in
New York state, although Gov.
Hughes has gained great populari
ty and respect in many states on
account of his individual work for
good government; the Knox boom,
just a tiny little noise, has not been
heard outside of Pennslvania pand
the Foraker boom is dead and buried
under the massive predonderance of
Secretary Taft. Therefore, it is
seen there has been no definite cam-I
paign operations launched by any of
the~"favorite sons."
The Roosevelt movement is the1
strongest Republican current in the
political sea at the present time.1
There are millions of the admirers
of the President who are anxious
for him to run again for the office
be has graced so well. For many <
months, in spite of the President's 1
statements that he will not be a can- <
iidate to succeed himself, there will
be a popular movement throughout
the country, the objiect of which
will be to force the nomination on 1
the President in spite of his own de-<
sires. To-day that movement isi
:he very greatest in the political life'1
f the country, and it is raining I
strength week by week, such great 1
;trength that the adherents of the<
favorite sons" are beginning to
>ecome worried over the probable
>utcome of the agitation.
IN THE DEMOCRATIC CAMP.
All roads lead to Bryan in the
)emocratic territory. Without a
ioubt, according to the leading j
ipirits in the party of Jefferson, p
3ryan will be the standard bearer
n the coming Presidential cam
aign. The South would like to y
iave one of its Democratic states- i
nen President. There are those t
n the South, however, who are of
he opinion the time is-not ripe for
>ooming a Southerner as a Presi- e
ential candidate-.
They think that a smoulderinga
mimosity exists between the oldt
nen of the North and the South .
I'hat is doubtless so, but it does not li
leter the Southerners from desiring v
o have one of their statesmen onb
he ticket with Bryan. There are
nany able Democrats in the South a
who would fill with ability the office i.
f Vice President. Senator Culber- t
on, of Texas, an able political gen- t
ral, has been spoken of as a prob- .
ble running mate of Bryan. Hoke e
mith, of Georgia, a seasoned polit- ~
al warrior of the strenous type, t<
as also been mentioned as a man h
t to travel in double harness with d
he Nebraska statesman. Senator d
)aniels, of Virginia, one of the si
eepest thinkers in the Senate, has i
een singled out among Democrats
s a man worthy of being on the po
tical banners with Bryan.
It is the desire of the Democratic t<
arty to stick to statesmen for g
aeir leaders and not attach faith top
illionaires such as Sewall, who ran
'ith Bryan the first time, or Henry
under eighteen flags." In 1884 he 13
ot a newspaper man to write a book b
F his tales, entitled "Under Four- h<
ien Flags." It didn't get into the -
mks of the ten best soldier of that -
y, but Mrs. Campbell's lodging G
ouse folk said that Richard Harding ri
'avis had had the general in tow and. tI
ie two of them had planned to pub-w
sh gnother book some time next si
~ll. They said also that Davis got h<
tost of his material for his "Capt. tc
[acklin," from the experiences of tI
SCHOOL MONEY.
%'e Comptroller General Issues War
rants to Various Counties.
The comptroller general Friday
ssued the warrants for the last dis
ribution of dispensary school mon
Ny, the sum representing the rem
iant of the fund left over after the
>ld State situation went out of busi
iess. The total amount distributed
tmounted to $63,409.94, and a part
)f it was on the basis of the deficien
-y in the amount given each scholar
3y the respective counties and the
result by the enrollment. The amount
>y counties follows:
On En
jounties. Deficiency. rollment.
A bbeville. $ 299.20 $1,547.91
_iken ........ 156.35 1,530.38
Anderson.........-- 2,600.96
amberg........ 1.25 717.75
arnwell... ....222.80 1,245.75
Beaufort.. 672.58
3erkeley 971.17
harleston ...... 2,451.85
,herokee.... ..-851.61
hester .... . 1,154.00
,hesterfield...... 1,565.74 788.00
3larendon....... 364.25 1,155.02
dolleton....... - 981.38
Darlington...... 1,216.81
Dorchester .. 578.96
Edgefield....... 58.50 1,018.66
Fairfield.... ...- 1,256.31
Florence ........ 38.57 1,199:80
Georgetown - 688.10
Greenville. 43.72 2,453.90
Greenwood -- 1,291,05
Hampton...... -714.00 906.15
Horry..... ...2,100.00 1,112.46
Kershaw........ 44.00 954.85
Lancaster ....... 395.50 1,154.68
Laurens......... 136.92 1,418.88
Lee. .........100.58 907.85
Lexington....... 317,40 1,220.90
Marion -.1,492.08
Marlboro....... 141.34 1,089.48
Newberry....... - 1,143.82
Oconee....... .895.21 1,101.22
Orangeburg .... 98.44 2,738.00
Pickens........ 128.30 944.95
Richland... . 1,694.82
Saluda.......1,028.00 960.27
Spartanburg.... 46.86 2,979.67
Sumter 1,320.66
Union . 4. 1,180.05
Williamsburg. 240.30 1,335.29
York..,......... 27,00 1.922.25
Total......$9,26-3.51 $54,146.43
Unequally Distributed.
There is considerable complaint
about the distribution of the pension
fund. It is claimed that some coun
ties get a great deal more than they
are entitled to, w.hile others are
shared out. Recently the Florence
Times called attention to the corres
pondence from Spartanburg to The
News and Courier about the pensions
given out in that county. The cor
respondent thought that the pension
roll in Spartanburg County was larg
er than it ought to be. He seems to
think that there are names on the
list which ought not to be there.
Spartanburg County was given $20,
000 of the pension money. Just
about four times as much as Orange
burg County was given. We think
there must be something wrong about
this distribution, but just how to
remedy it is the question.
Of course Spartanburg has grown
in population a great deal since the
close of the war, and many - cotton
mills have been built, and no doubt
confederate soldiers have moved in
from other counties and from North
Carolina, but it hardly seems credit
able that they should have increased
the pension roll as much as it nnw
appears to be. Spartanburg County
has about eight hundred names o!'
her pension rolls. The roll shou'd
be purged, as we are satisfied thet
there are names on it that should
not be there.
The Abbeville Medium, which is
edited by a gallant old veteran,
makes a suggestion that each enuntyv
take charge of its own pensioners,
and provide a fund for them. T~e d
not know how this would work. Un
less the different counties v;ould
agree to pay their pensioners about
the same, such a charge would cause
a great deal of dissatisfaction. Then
again in some of the counties that
are heavily burdened with taxation,
the needy old veteran might be neg
lected and given nothing hardly. On
the whole we think it best for the
State to manage the matter. Then
the strong, rich counties can help
the weaker counties and pay the
neady old veterans a uniform sur..
But the roll should be thoroughl2y
purged in every county, and the mon
ey given only to those who are enti
ted to it. We are satisfied that
many get it now who are not entitled
to it.
Their Pay Raised.
An increase of 10 per cent in the
pay of conductors over the entire
system of the Atlantic Coast Line~ hasi
been granted by the officials, 0f0"-I
tive May 1, in response to a request
made by the general adjustmlent
committee.
The raise will apply to freight as
well as passenger conductors, and
will practically meet the request
made by the conductors, who had
prepared a schedule of salaries for
the conductors, computed on 'the
number of miles traveled by them.
The argument used by the commit
tee in sustaining their claims for an
increase of pay was that the price of
living has greatly increased and they
are requested to do a great deal more
work than formerly over the same
amount of mileage, the railroads
getting the benefit of more work for
the same amount of pay a mile.
An oi-der has been issued granting
the increase, computing the salaries
that will be paid to conductors ac
:ording to mileage and time. This
chedule bears a uniform increase of
10 per ccnt, and totals really more
than was asked for by the conduc
ors. The management of the road
semed perfectly willing to come to
m agreement with the conductors,
md after being shown schedules of
rices paid in other sections of the
ounty readily agreed to the advance.
DID you ever stop to reflect that
t was one thing to talk about peo
>le and another thing to have people
;alk about you? If those of us who1
ise our tongues a little too freely. I
bout our neighbors, would stop and
efect about this matter and knowI
he great evil that comes from too
nuch gossip and tattling, we are
ure we would call a halt and gossipC
!o more forever.
BRYAN was elected President in 1
.898. After using millions of-dollars I
o defeat him and failing, the Repub- 2
[cans then stuffed the ballot boxes, I
nd in this way cheated him out of t
he election. They can't do that f
DEVOUR EVERYTHING.
lie Frightful Plague of Locusts in
South Africa.
From earliest Biblical times the lo
ise has been regarded as a pest and
destroyer of inanimate life. Swarms
' them swooped down upon the
reen valleys of Egypt and made life
iserable for agriculturists thous
Ids of years ago. When the locusts
ume, famine followed. In this coun
-y they occasionally do considerable
?mage to growing crops, but the
[ague has never been anything like
iat in South Africa this spring.
A year ago Pennsylvania and parts
E adjoining states were visited by
custs but they stuck mostly to the
'oodland, and the grain crops were
ot much molested. In the early
orning and at sundown the woods
,as turned into a bedlam of noise by
ie chirping of hundreds of thous-.
ads of them. They fed on the young
ees, and acres of them turned
rown as in autumn from the bites
f the insects.
Not very long ago great swarms of
)custs passed over the Rand in South
Irica. The whole country, lovely
i the growth of splendid crops, and
iade greener and more beautiful by
imely rains than it had been in many
ears, was in a brief few days turn
d into a bare, brown and withered
esert. The swarm literally ate its
ray through the country, and made
. clean job of it. They consumed
rhole fields of grain, and the loss to
he farmers is incalculable.
The country is at a loss to know
ow to deal with the scourage. The
*rdinary methods which have been
sed in the past in combatting the
est have utterly failed. Cyprus
creen has been of no use. So ira
nense was the swarm that the fields
nd forests were not large enough to
Lold the myriads, and they swarmed
ito the towns and cities.
Streets of the city of Johonnes
>urg have beeh made hideous by the
easeless, dreary chirping. A locust
:an make more noise for its size than
my other insect, and its chirp is a
eird, unpleasant sound tbat is par
icularly trying to the nerves. A half
ozen of them can make enough
iose to annoy a whole square. Fancy
he state of things where countless
housands of them are holding their
laily concert.
In Johannesburg the streets are
itterally a brown mass of crushed
ocusts. They have tied up the street
:ar traffic by settling on the rails,
;heir crushed bodies making the rails
;o slippery that the car wheels re
rolve without moving the car.
Men are obliged to go over the
ine and sweep clear the track for
;he approaching cars, and in 15 min
ites they have the job to do over
igain. Already this state of affairs
ias caused several bad accidents. A
notor car has been smashed, and
:wo tram cars have been telescoped.
'he motormen have great difficulty
n controlling the cars on the greasy
:racks, Steam cars are having the
;ame trouble.
In some of the smaller towns where
1 particular effort has been made
:o keep the streets clear of the dead
modies, pedestrians slide about in the
quirmy mass in a most disgusting
'nanner. All are obliged to remove
shoes on entering their homes after
aving been on the streets.
A Wise Law.
One of the wisest things ever done
:y the Legislature was the passage
f the law giving the County Coin
nissioners the right to levy a tax of
>ne mill to build good roads. The
aw wisely provides that the tax so
ollected shall be spent in the town
5hip in which it is collected. We are
lad that the County Commissioners
>f this county has levied this tax and
;e hope that they wlll continue to
evy it until every road in the county
s put in good condition. This is a
uxury that new counties like Lee,
orchester, Greenwood, and others,
:anntt afford as they are heavily tax
id for ordinary county purpose and
ther necessary expenses, such as
uilding courthouses, jails, and so
n. Good roads are necessary if we
vant to keep up with the times. The
)ostoffice Department requires the
'ural mail carriers to travel only
hose roads that we keep in good
:ondition. So it will be seen how
mportant it is for our roads to be
ept up. Then, too, under our road
aw, there is no danger of the money
)eing collected in one part of the
ounty being spent on the roads of
nother part, as it requires that the
noney collected shall be spent in the
ownship in which it is collected.
Didl Not Mean It.
The Sumter Watchman and South
on says Attorney General Lyon has
een in office nearly six months and
is pledge to put stripes on the State
[ispensary grafters is still unredeem
d. If he has made any effort to
aake good his promise, it has been
:ept secret, and who would believe
hat he would hide so good a bit of
olitical advertising as that. The lack
f developments from the inquisition
onducted by Mr. Lyon and the com
ittee of which he was a member
nd by means of which he attained
be notoriety that landed him in the
ffi he now holds, induces us to be
eve that the entire investigation
ras a waste of time and money. We
ave never doubted that there was
raft of the worst sort in the man
gement of the State dispensary, but
any one harbors a hope that any of
e grafters will be punished we fear
iey are domed to disappointment.
idging from Attorney General Ly
n's masterly inactivity. Our cotem
orary takes Mr. Lyons altogether
o serious. He did not mean one
alf he said when he was a candi
ate. All candidates, more or less
oes the same thing, and Mr. Lyon
iould not be blamed for following
a well beaten path.
TH E St. Matthews county advoca
s have published a letter from a
ntlean, who hold about the bet
ying office in Bamberg County, to
rove that the organization of Bamn
arg Connty was a great blessing.
o doubt it was to the gentleman|
ith the fat office, and he could hard-!
be expected to say anything else, K
it how about the fellows who non't t
>ld office?
assaway Davis, who was a weak
mning mate to Parker. Many of!
e Democrats do not symnpathize
ith Bryan's government owner-''
ip ideas. The Nebraska man. t
wever, has lately made it a point I
state he would not insist upon his a
Leories in that regard being em
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Judge With a Backbone.
We have long been of the opinion
that most of our judges allowed bail
in many cases when it should not be
9llowed. In fact-it was a rare thing
for bail to be refused in any case.
[t is therefore with pleasure that we
commend Judge D. E. Hydrick, who
is now holding court here, for refus
ing bail to W. H. Mills, who murder
ed Frank Deal at Blacksburg some
time ago. Mills claimed justification
under the much abused "unwritten
law" for his crime, submitting a
most horrible affidavit from his wife,
which told ill about her relations
with Deal. This very properly had
no effect on Judge Hydrick, and he
promptly turned the application for
bail down.
We cordially agree with the Spar
tanburg Journal that "this fiction of
the -unwritten law' has been greatly
overworked of late and, if we under
stand sentiment correctly, it will
hereafter be applied more strictly
than has been the custom in recent
cases. The avenger of the spoliation
of his home will still be held guilt
less, but~ the circumstances must
more closely fit the rule than has
sometimes been allowed. We are not
trying Mills, not pronouncing him
guilty or not guilty. That is for the
jury to do. His case is not bailable,
however, according to the constitu
tion and he is not entitled to have a
circuit judge, by admission to bail,
deny his guilt 'the proof is evident
or the presumption great' and enjoy
the benefit with the jury of this pro
nouncement. Neither should his case
be prejudiced by this decision."
As we said above the granting of
bail in homicide cases has been too
free and easy in the past in this
State, and we are glad a halt has
been called. The Journal goes on to
say that 'the writ of habeas corpus
is a sacred one, but it should not be
abused. Many men have been ad
mitted to bail who did not deserve
this benefit, and such acts on the
part of the judges has led to miscar
riages of justice. Judge Hydrick has
taken a stand that might well be im
itated by other circuit and also su
preme court judges in South Caro
lina. It should take a better show
ing than Mills makes to secure ad-.
mission to bail in any amount.
They Advertise More.
One of the most notable facts con
nected with a country newspaper of
today is the large increase in the
amount of advertising of local busi
ness houses. The change has taken
place gr adually, and has been mark
ed especially during the past year or
two. It is highly significant, and an
inquiry as to the cause of it is of
great profit, not only to those in the
newspaper business, but t-o every
business man and citizen of our
town as well.
The change, in brief, means that
local merchants have found it nec
essary to call attention to their
goods because of the immense com
petition they face -the most deadly
element of which is that from the
great stores of the large cities.
These great establishments adver
tse their wares most lavishly and
the metropolitan newspapers which
contain their advertisements.are dis
tributed over the country, some one
paper of which enters nearly every
home. The result is that these me
tropolitan establishments have built
up an immense mail trade.
In our town, and indeed in most
of the towns of the state there is
no occasion for this out-of-town buy
ing. The duty of citizens in the
matter is plain, and where other
things are equal support should be
iven local dealers. Our merchants
~ave invested their -capital, have
erected buildings, which are the
pride of the city, and ha'e .estab
lished concerns which are almostme
tropolitan in character. They have
built up our little city, and it is only
a fair return that they have the
ity's trade, to turn trade othier
ise, even in the line of small pur
hases which are great in the aggre
ate, is to invite the decline of prop
rty values in our town.
Mr. Cortelyou may as well come
o the front with the facts about the
ontributions to the republican cam
aign fund. The public is getting
hem one by one. There was the
~50.000 Mr. Perkins took from the
nsurance money, the $50,000 that
~VIr. Harriman gave, and the $200,
00 that Mr. Harriman raised among
is friends. That accounts for about
ive per cent of the total slush fund.
THE St. Matthews correspondent
f The State says more agitation on
he subject of a new county has been
onducted by the various county pa
ers and their correspondents than
y people who are most interested.
Ve came to this same conclusion a I
~hort time ago, and concluded so fari
IS The Times and Democrat is con- I
~erned to suspend discussion of the|
atter until something definite is
nown about the proposed scheme.|
dter the survey is made and the'
nes are established will be time
nough for all the discussion needed.
Ve (!an find more readable stuff for
ur columns just at this time.
MR. Debs, who was never chargedI
ith violating a statute law is be-I
eved by President Roosevelt to bej
n undesirable citizen, while Mr. j
'aul Morton, who brazenly admitted
at he violated the law, is given a
ne recomimendation by that same J
reidnt.
Poirder
LYPW
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of their cheapness
DIED AT -HIS POST.
An Engineer Found Dead With HIs
Hand on the Throttle.
At Philadelphia the lives of more
than sitty passengers, most of them
residents of-the iashionable surburbs
along the main line of. the :Pennsyl
vania. were Imperilled when. William
Armstrong. engineer of a -local train,
died with his hand on the locomotive
throttle.
-As the train neared Hayerford, the
firemain and the- crew noticed with
surprise that there was not the usual
slacking for the stop at .that Station
at 8:11. -
Indeed, the train increased its.
speed every second, and dashed
through Haverford at- the rate of a
mile a minute. The fireman climbed
into the cab and found Armstrong
huddled in his seat with hisfand
limp upon the wide-open throttle.It
was the work of a second to check,.
'the flying monster, thus averting, the
danger of a rear ena 'collision with-*
another train.
The- engineer- was . taken to the
Bryn Mawr Hospital. It was said
there he had been dead for -some
time. He was sixty years old. and*
lived in Pennsylvania.
The Fair Se
A woman Is always- pretending:
that she never. pretends.
A woman is always looking ontlie
bright side-of a mirror.
Cnrtship is the.Juicy, gape and -
mairiage the appendieltis *
A quiet wedding is but a curtaI
raiser for a strenous- afterpart.
Never, judge othe dimensions oft a
woman's brain by the size of her hat.
Mothers care not - who -does the
lovemaking if they are allowedto do:
the matchmaking.
There is something the matter
with a woman when she is willing to
let a man do all the talking.
.Some women. marryI in order to
be independent, and some men get
married -for that same reason.
A man likes to get his wife'In an.
automobile and then runl it -so fast
that she Is frighteried.speechless.'
Morst men appreciate the nonsense
of a pretty woman far more :than
they do the sense' of a homely one.
Women, as-a rule; have poor headS
'for figures. That may be why it is
almost impossible for one. to figure
her age correctly.. -
THE Durham Herald ~ Sys "we
would like for the Democrats to put
up a -conservative man,.- but we are
not among-those who-believe-that a
conse-vative Democrat could win. It
is our belief that- the more radical
,the candidate the more votes he-will
recive." The Herald is more- than
half right. Ifthe Democrats win
they can only do itwith aman that
stands for something
-How to "Plump" Poultry.
A valuable point in reference to
"p1 imylng" the poultry. This Is
done by dipping It, after plucking, in
water nearly or quite boiling for ten
seconds and then plunging Iime-.
datol1y Into cold water. Anot'ier way.
of plamping is to place tie dress~d
fowls in tfrough-like boards,. pressing
the breast up and forcitig the flesh
over-, bending the legs forward, and
placing weights on the bodies. The
troughs should be in r-oom: as cold
as possible.. All dressi:-g zhould be
doe When the flesh still i- warm,
successful dry pidklng, especially
depending on'this.
Turkeys should never be scalded.
If the tailand wing feathers are re-.
moved the latter should be, taken
out with a twist, as a straig~ht pull
will set them. Dry-picked turkeya
are worth two cents a po,:nd more
thaij those scalded, as the flesh is
brighter and appears more tooth
some.
Demand for Males.
The demand for mules in old Mel.
Ico Is something phenomenal. Thus
far the supply for that country has
been drawn from Missouri and Ten-.
nessee, both of which grow a great
many excellent mules. They are In
demand for use on cotton, cane and
rice farms. Miiles have been found
most excellent animals for work In
warm climates, and for many years
the cotton and rice plantations of our
southern states have drawn heavily
on the surplus mules grown north.
This growing demand has In the past
few years greatly Increased the grow
ig of mules here, and the demand
for them Is' shown by market quota.
tions. The mule Is very easily end
cheaply grown, and is reid?"for
work much younger than horses are,
and endures hard work under un-~
favorable circumstances much long
or and better.
Feeding Chickens Turpentine.
-Tupentne given to chickens In
ternally is said to be one of the best
remedies for limber neck. The tur
pentine not only acts as a cure, but
as a prei-entive as well. Bread p111*
soaked in turpentine is the best way
to give it. An ordinary full grown
chicken may be given turpentine a
teaspoonful at a time, but the ex
periment is rather dangerous as the
fowl may stranle. Consequently the
urpentine should be given In the
Watering the Sheep.
Feeders should * - that th-fr sheep .
have plenty of nter. .:j...o o;cera
;ors have water constantly before
:eir sheep, while others prefer to
ake their stock to the water
:rough at certain periods, allowing
hem to remain there for an hour or
o at a time. The water should be
:ept fresh and not allowed to spill